Lipstick attachment



Nov. 6, 1962 Y E. w. QUINN 3,062,221

LIPSTICK ATTACHMENT Filed Jan. 16, 1959 FIG. V

Unite The present invention relates to lipsticks.

More particularly, the present invention relates to an attachment for lipsticks.

Devices are known for guiding the spreading of lipstick so that it becomes unnecessary to use pencils or brushes. However, such devices are in the form of parts which are permanently connected with the lipstick case and which require the lipstick case to be of a special construction to accommodate such parts. US. Patent 2,336,328 is an example of the known structure for this purpose.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a device capable of guiding the spreading of the lipstick without necessitating any change in the conventional construction of a lipstick case.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a device of the above type which is disposable.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a device of the above type which can very easily and quickly be attached to and removed from a lipstick case.

An additional object of the present invention is to provide a device of the above type which is extremely inexpensive and which can be purchased in relatively large quantities at a relatively low cost.

With the above objects in view the present invention includes a lipstick attachment composed of a pair of elongated strip portions connected together in side by side relation. One of these strip portions is adhesive and is adapted to be adhesively attached to the top end of a lipstick case surrounding the latter while the other of the strip portions extends beyond the top end of the lipstick case and forms a sleeve through which the lipstick is accessible, this sleeve guiding the spreading of the lipstick.

The novel features which are considered as characteristic for the invention are set forth in particular in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, both as to its construction and its method of operation, together with additional objects and advantages thereof, will be best understood from the following description of specific embodiments when read in connection with the'accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is an elevation view of one embodiment of a lipstick attachment according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line 22 of FIG. 1 in the direction of the arrows;

FIG. 3 is an elevation of a second embodiment of a lipstick attachment according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 44 of FIG. 3 in the direction of the arrows;

FIG. 5 is an elevation of a third embodiment of a lipstick according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line 6--6 of FIG. 5 in the direction of the arrows;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a book of lipstick attachments according to the present invention; and

FIG. 8 illustrates the manner in which a lipstick attachment of the invention is used.

Referring now to FIGS. 1 and 2, the lipstick attachment 10 illustrated therein is composed of an elongated flexible strip having an elongated strip portion 11 which is provided with an adhesive coating at the face thereof which is visible in FIG. 1, this strip 10 including a second elongated strip portion 12 having a top edge of a special atenr configuration as indicated in FIG. 1. The end portion 13 of the strip 10 is adhesive over its entire area at the face thereof which is visible in FIG. 1, as indicated in FIG. 1. As is apparent from FIG. 2 the strip portion 12 is thicker than the strip portion 11 so as to provide a shoulder 14 at the junction between the longitudinal strip portions 11 and 12. The strip 10 may be made of any suitable flexible material such as any suitable plastic or paper. For example, polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene, nylon, etc. are suitable for use as the strip 10, and even a coated paper may be used for this purpose. The adhesive coating at the faces of portions 11 and 13 which are visible in FIG. 1 is applied in any known manner, and this adhesive is preferably of the type which responds only to pressure and requires no moisture so that the adhesive will cause the strip 10 to adhere to an article when pressed thereagainst.

, It is not essential that the strip of the invention be made from one piece of sheet material, although such a construction is preferred because of its simplicity and ease of handling. Thus, FIGS. 3 and 4 show an embodiment where the strip 20 which corresponds to the strip 10 includes an elongated strip portion 21 which is adhesive at its face which is visible in FIG. 3 as well as a second strip portion 22 which corresponds to the strip portion 12 and is made of any of the above materials. The strip portion 21 may be made of cellophane tape which is adhesive on one of its faces, as is well known. As is apparent from FIG. 3 the strip portion 21 extends to the right beyond the strip portion 22 so as to provide the strip 20 with the end portion 23 corresponding to the end portion 13 of FIG. 1. Of course, the advantage of the embodiment of FIGS. 3 and 4 is that simply by assembly of the strip portions 21 and 22 a shoulder 24 is formed by the lower edge of the strip portion 22, as viewed in FIGS. 3 and 4, and furthermore it is very easy to assemble the strip portions simply by using the adhesive coating on the strip portion 21.

In the embodiment of FIGS. 5 and 6 the flexible strip 30 has an elongated strip portion 31 which is provided with an adhesive coating at its face which is visible in FIG. 5 and alongside of the strip portion 31 the strip 30 has a strip portion 32 corresponding to the strip portions 12 and 22. It should be noted that the top edges of strip portions 12, 22 and 32 are all of an identical configuration. With the embodiment of FIGS. 5 and 6 the strip 30 is of a uniform thickness and is provided with a groove 34 be- 'tween the strip portions 31 and 32 so as to clearly indicate the separation between these strip portions for a purpose described below. As is indicated in FIG. 5 theadhesive coating at the right end portion 33 of the strip 30 extends on both sides of the groove 34 so that the entire end' portion 33 has an adhesive coating at the face thereof which is visible in FIG. 5. The groove 34 is formed 'in the plastic or paper of the strip 30 with any suitable scoring tool or the like. The groove 34 as well as the shoulders 14 and 24 are used as a guide when the lipstick attachment of the invention is applied to a lipstick case, as will be pointed out below, and for this purpose a line which is straight and extends along the strip where the groove 34 is located may also be used, although the groove 34 is preferred to a line because it is more easily perceptible and provides a distinct separation between the strip portions 31 and 32, while the shoulders 14 and 24 are preferred since they provide a means which can directly engage the top rim of the lipstick case, as will be pointed out below.

The above-described strips of the invention are extreme.- ly inexpensive to manufacture, and they may be assembled in books such as the book 40 shown in FIG. 7. The several strips which form the book 40 may have the construction of any of the above-described strips except that the strips which form the book 40 extend to the left, as viewed in the drawings, beyond the left ends of the strips of FIGS. 1, 3 and 5 so as to provide the binder 41 of the book 40. At the left ends the several strips of the book 40 are provided with a line of perforations 42 located between each strip and the binder 41 so that each strip can be very easily detached from the book 40 in order to be used, and then the strips can be disposed of whenever desired.

Referring now to FIG. 1, it will be seen that the top edge of the strip portion 12 which is distant from the strip portion 11 has a straight edge portion 50 followed by a convexly curved portion 51 which is in turn followed by a concavely curved portion 52. This concavely curved edge portion 52 is followed by a substantially straight edge portion 53 which is in turn followed by a concavely curved edge portion 54, and this edge portion 54 is followed by another straight edge portion 55. The intermediate straight edge portion 53 is located at a slightly greater distance from the strip portion 11 than the first and last straight edge portions 50 and 55, and these straight edge portions 50 and 55 are located at the same distance from the strip portion 11, which is to say from the shoulder 14. Also, the crest 56 of the edge portion 51 is located from the shoulder 14 by a distance somewhat greater than the distance of the edge 53 from this shoulder 14. The free edges of the strip portions 22 and 32 have an identical configuration. The concavely curved portions 52 and 54 are spaced from each other by a distance exactly equal to one half the circumference of the lipstick case.

Referring to FIG. 8, a conventional lipstick case 60 is illustrated therein. This lipstick case includes the tubular part 61 in which the lipstick itself is housed, and a turnable bottom Wall 62 is connected to the tubular case part 61 so that upon turning the bottom wall 62 the lipstick will be advanced longitudinally of the case in a well known manner not forming part 2f the present invention. A cover 63 is provided for th case 60, this cover also being conventional. In order to use the attachment of the invention it is only necessary to place the adhesive strip portion against the top end of the case 60 in a position surrounding the same as indicated in FIG. 8. Thus, it will be seen that the adhesive strip portion 11 surrounds the top end of the tubular member 61, and the length of the strip is such that the end portion 13 overlaps the opposite end of the strip 10 and adheres thereto. Also, it will be seen that the end portions of the strip portion 12 overlap each other so that edges 50 and 55 are located beyond each other. Moreover, the distance between the concave portions 52 and 54 is such that these concave portions are directly opposite each other, and thus the convexly curved portion 51 of the top edge of the strip portion 12 is located on one side of the pair of diametrically aligned concave portions 52 and 54 while the straight edge portion 53 is located opposite the curved edge portion 51, as indicated in FIG. 8. Thus, it will be seen that by simply adhesively attaching the strip 10 to the case 60 the strip portion 12 is formed into a tube having a free top edge whose configuration will guide the spreading of the lipstick, and it is only necessary to turn the lipstick up to approximately the height of the top edge of the strip portion 12 so as to spread the lipstick. The curved edge 51 is applied to the upper lip to prevent the lipstick from spreading beyond the edge portion 51 so that the lipstick is accurately applied without requiring the use of a pencil or a brush, and the straight edge 53 may be used when applying the lipstick to the lower lip.

The shoulder 14 directly engages the top rim of the tubular member 61 of the lipstick case 60 so that the strip can be very accurately applied to the case in a simple and quick manner. After the strip attached to the case 60 has been used for a desired length of time, the user may simply detach this strip and replace it with another one.

Of course, the strips 20 and 30 are applied in the same way. When the strip 20 is applied the edge 24 of the strip portion 22 acts in the same way as the shoulder 14 and serves to provide a means for accurately mounting the attachment on the lipstick case. When the strip 30 is applied, the groove 34 is located along the top rim of the lipstick case 61 so as to provide an accurate mounting of the attachment in this manner.

It should be noted that the attachment of the invention is left on the lipstick case when the cover 63 is moved downwardly over the tubular member 61 up to the turnable bottom wall member 62 so as to cover the lipstick.

There is sufficient clearance in a conventional lipstick for this purpose, and the attachment does not in any way interfere with the movement of the cover 63 onto or off from the lipstick case and is immediately ready for use whenever the cover 63 is removed.

Thus, it will be seen that the attachment of the invention does not require any special construction of the lip stick case and is not permanently attached thereto. It i easily usable with a conventional lipstick case and can simply be diEgarded after it has been used a number of times and replaced by a fresh attachment.

It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or two or more together, may also find a useful application in other types of lipsticks differing from the types described above.

While the invention has been illustrated and described as embodied in lipstick attachments, it is not intended to be limited to the details shown, since various modifications and structural changes may be made without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention.

Without further analysis, the foregoing will so fully reveal the gist of the present invention that others can by applying current knowledge readily adapt it for various applications without omitting features that, from the standpoint of prior art, fairly constitute essential characteristics of the generic or specific aspects of this invention 1 and, therefore, such adaptations should and are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalence of the following claims.

What is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A lipstick attachment comprising, in combination, a pair of elongated strip portions fixed together in side by side relation, only one of said strip portions having an adhesive coating and being adapted to be attached to the top end of a lipstick case surrounding the latter and the other of said strip portions being adapted to extend beyond the top end of the lipstick case and to be formed into a tubular sleeve surrounding a lipstick extending beyond the top end of the case, said other strip portion having distant from said one strip portion an irregular peripheral edge of a configuration which forms, when said other strip portion is formed into a tube by attachment to a lipstick case, a guide for guiding the spreading of lipstick.

2. A lipstick attachment comprising an elongated strip having a first longitudinal portion and a second longitudinal portion located next to and extending along said first portion, only said first portion having an adhesive coating, said longitudinal portions of said strip being separate from each other and said strip including a means forming a boundary between said longitudinal portions thereof, said adhesive longitudinal portion being adapted to be adhesively attached to the top end of a lipstick case surrounding the latter and said second longitudinal portion extending beyond the top end of the lipstick case and forming a tube for guiding the spreading of lipstick.

3. A lipstick attachment comprising an elongated strip formed intermediate its side edges at one face thereof with a longitudinal groove, said strip having a first longitudinal portion on one side of said groove and a second longitudinal portion on the other side of said groove, only said first portion having an adhesive coating, said adhesive portion being adapted to be attached adhesively to the top end of a lipstick case surrounding the latter with said second longitudinal portion extending beyond the top end of the lipstick case and forming a tube for guiding the spreading of lipstick.

4. A lipstick attachment comprising an elongated strip having a pair of longitudinal strip portions connected together in side by side relation, one of said longitudinal strip portions having an adhesive coating and the other of said strip portions having distant from said one strip portion a free edge provided with a convexly curved edge portion directly followed by a concave edge portion which is in turn followed by a substantially straight edge portion which i in turn followed by a second convexly curved edge portion, said strip being adapted to be attached to a lipstick case with said adhesive longitudinal portion surrounding the top end of the case and with the other longitudinal portion extending beyond the lipstick case and having the pair of concave edge portions aligned opposite each other.

5. A lipstick attachment comprising an elongated strip having a pair of longitudinal strip portions connected together in side by side relation, one of said longitudinal strip portions having an adhesive coating and the other of said strip portions having distant from said one strip portion a free edge provided with a convexly curved edge portion directly followed by a concave edge portion which is in turn followed by a substantially straight edge portion which is in turn followed by a second convexly curved edge portion, said strip being adapted to be attached to a lipstick case with said adhesive longitudinal portion surrounding the top end of the case and with the other longitudinal portion extending beyond the lipstick case and hav ing the pair of concave edge portions aligned opposite each other, the crest of the convexly curved edge portion being located at a greater distance from the longitudinal adhesive portion of the strip than the straight edge portion.

6. A lipstick attachment comprising, in combination, a pair of elongated strip portions connected together in side by side relation, one of said strip portion having an adhesive coating and the other of said strip portions having distant from said one strip portion an elongated free edge which includes a straight edge portion followed by a convexly curved edge portion which is followed by a concavely curved edge portion which is in turn followed by a second straight edge portion which is followed by a second concavely curved edge portion which is in turn followed by a third substantially straight edge portion, said first and third straight edge portion being located at substantially the same distance from said longitudinal adhesive portion while said second straight edge portion is located at a greater distance from said adhesive strip portion than said first and third straight edge portions and said convexly curved edge portion having a crest located at a greater distance from said adhesive strip portion than said second straight edge portion, said adhesive strip portion being adapted to be adhesively attached to the top end of a lipstick case surrounding the latter and forming from said other portion of said strip a tubular lipstick guide, said pair of concavely curved edge portions being aligned opposite each other when the strip is thus attached to a lipstick case.

7. A lipstick attachment comprising, in combination, a first elongated adhesive strip portion adapted to be adhesively attached to the top end of a lipstick case surrounding the latter; and a second flexible strip portion fixed to said adhesive strip portion and having a convexly curved free peripheral edge located beyond said adhesive strip portion, only said first portion having an adhesive coating, said second strip portion, when said adhesive strip portion is attached to the top end of a lipstick case, extending beyond said top end of the lipstick case and forming at said curved free edge thereof a guide edge for guiding the spreading of the lipstick.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,885,076 Bustamante Oct. 25, 1932 2,336,328 Whalen Dec. 7, 1943 2,695,622 Herod et al Nov. 30, 1954 2,917,058 Ferrar Dec. 15, 1959 

